ZIP 19526 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Berks County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 19526 scores 20 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100). The split runs 45/100 structural to 2/100 active on the ground. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (20/100), mortgage stress (8/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.4% over the trailing year, and 23% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $72,165, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 5,263 housing units. About 20% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 19526 scores 25/100. Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $221,000 here, or 2.9 times local income. The poverty rate is 4.9% — low. The vacancy rate is 4.1%. Population is roughly 11,412 with a median age of 45. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%.

Net-net, 19526 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. 19526 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 19526's 20/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 19526, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 19526's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For an operator, 19526 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.